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I still feel kind of numb from the weekend’s events. As I said on twitter and in the comments last night, I played enough team sports and was in the army long enough that I know to put myself below the needs of the many to achieve a goal, and I am legit excited about VP Harris becoming the nominee and will rally enthusiastically around the candidate. Having said that, I am still pissed at what happened to Joe Biden. He was never my first choice I don’t even think my 5th in 2020, but he has been a great President and this was just wrong. We have a process and we have rules and that is how we choose nominees and this bothers me. Millions of people voted for Joe Biden and donated to Joe Biden and he won the nomination. And spare me the “He chose to withdraw” bullshit.

I’m not sure if you noticed, but I’m a dance with the girl that brung you kind of guy. I’m also risk averse, and believe the reason you make plans and have procedures is so you can follow them when needed rather than just make shit up on the fly. And on a more basic and gut level, I feel like they did Biden dirty.

But I can’t control any of that and in the end beating Trump is what matters. And I know some have not been gracious in the comments here and that I upset some of you last night. At least once a week, and let me reiterate, AT THE VERY LEAST, once a week Watergirl wants to put a fist through the wall because I have either heavy handed something or not paid the right amount of attention to or vacillated over what to do with someone misbehaving or acting the fool in the comments or I’m acting inconsistently. I’ve always been of the opinion that what people say reflects on them, not others, and also equally committed to the belief that assholes often make great points. So yeah, trying to keep everyone happy when there are thousands of unique personalities and beliefs, often times at odds with each other, is not easy.

So yeah, things are a mess and emotions are raw and I am a little confused and blindsided by events. At the same time, I am genuinely thrilled that for the most part people have rallied around Kamala. I thought Biden stepping aside was not optimal, but there was no way Biden and Harris stepping aside would do anything but rip the party apart forever, so I suppose this is the best case scenario in that regards.

And I’m pissed at the media and the pundits. The pile-on and ageism was gross.

So yeah, conflicted. But optimistic, maybe?

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I hope the shock has died down a little bit and we are all moving rapidly into the acceptance phase and hoping everyone is as excited as they said they would be about a younger nominee. We’ll see.

For dinner I had what I call my “white boy chicken sandwich,” where the only seasoning is salt and pepper. Take a chicken breast and filet it because breasts are so ridiculously big these days even on organic chickens, salt and pepper it, then sear it on both sides for a couple minutes in a skillet with some butter, when it is done cooking for top it with a slice of cheese and cover it for a minute until it melts.

Take two slices of sourdough, put duke’s mayo on one slice, a little dijon on the other. Layer some washed and dried arugula, a layer of seasoned (salt and pepper) heirloom tomato slices on the bread, and then top with the chicken. It’s very good and you don’t need to have all these sauces and heat, because you really want the tomatoes and individual ingredients to shine through. Delicious.

Having some black diamond watermelon for dessert, and it is so juicy that if I did not have a beard I would have stained my shirt.

I realized earlier that now that they pushed Biden out, I personally am in a great position. Either the replacement (presumably Kamala) wins and the country is saved or I get to spend the next 20 years yelling “I FUCKING TOLD YOU.”

On a more serious note, there were several people in the comments who were saying this needed to be done and would happen, and a lot of us piled on, and maybe now we should all reflect on the value of dissent and look at whether or not we are the insular out of touch folks. And maybe be kinder to everyone in the comments in the process. Not everyone who disagrees is either a troll or acting in malice.

On another serious note, I could really use some pointers to election law experts, and not this afternoon’s graduates from the University of Youtube with a major in “I Did My Own Research” and a minor in “Well Actually). Marc Elias is one people have noted.

I’m really liking these sunglasses. Never thought of myself as a mirrored sunglasses kind of guy, but man everything is so clear and even at sundown with the sun right in my eyes, there is very little glare.

Might have to get me a pickemup truck. Hybrid, of course.

I’m off to unwind and watch True Blood and yell at journalists and Republicans on twitter.

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